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backstick

noun

Etymology

From back + stick.

  1. derived from *(s)teyg-✻ — “to pierce, prick, be sharp”
  2. inherited from *stikkô✻
  3. inherited from *stikkō✻
  4. inherited from sticca
  5. inherited from stikke
  6. formed as backstick — “back + stick”

Definitions

  1. An illegal shot in which a player strikes the ball with the rounded face of the stick in…

    An illegal shot in which a player strikes the ball with the rounded face of the stick in field hockey.

The neighborhood

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